Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- Novembe 7, 2011

The Iranian nuclear scientist who defected to the United States is thought to have worked on the Iran nuclear program at this suspected uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran. DigitalGlobe/Handout/Reuters

IAEA Says Foreign Expertise Has Brought Iran To Threshold Of Nuclear Capability -- Washington Post

Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles, according to Western diplomats and nuclear experts briefed on the findings.

Documents and other records provide new details on the role played by a former Soviet weapons scientist who allegedly tutored Iranians over several years on building high-precision detonators of the kind used to trigger a nuclear chain reaction, the officials and experts said. Crucial technology linked to experts in Pakistan and North Korea also helped propel Iran to the threshold of nuclear capability, they added.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

IAEA report to detail efforts by Iran to develop a nuclear weapon -- CNN

Insight: Has Iran ended Israel's Begin Doctrine? -- Reuters

Russia warns against any military strike on Iran -- Times of India

Army leaders eye Iranian threat to Iraq after U.S. forces gone in 2012 -- Fay Observer

Canada still has a lot of work to do in order to validate a proper CF-18 replacement -- Eric Palmer

Russia marks anniversary of 1941 military parade -- Seattle PI

Chinese Cyber-Espionage Growing: U.S. Report -- Defense News

Arms deliveries to Taiwan lag: U.S. draft study -- Reuters

Israel, U.S. to embark on largest joint exercise in allies' history -- Haaretz

Kuwait: No plans to host more US troops -- AP

U.S. Woos India for Big-Ticket Defence Deals -- Silicon India

Some in Congress balk at arms sale to Turkey -- Washington Post

Mossad, IDF Websites Online After 'Server Crash' -- Defense News

U.S. Navy orders seven P-8A Poseidon advanced maritime patrol jets from Boeing in $1.4 billion contract -- Military Aerospace

Sikorsky Made Excess Profit on Pentagon Parts Sold to Army -- Bloomberg

Senior chief a test case for enlisted pilots -- Navy Times

The Navy’s LCS missile woes -- DoD Buzz

U.S. Counts on the Cloud to Boost Cyber–Security -- eWeek

Two centuries later, group seeks to bring home sailors killed off the shores of Tripoli -- Stars and Stripes

Weighing Pentagon Cuts, Panetta Faces Deep Pressures -- New York Times

Critics on left hit Pentagon on talk of budget disasters -- Washington Times

Vets back home face a tough job market -- Sign On San diego

F-22 Pilot Flies 1,000 Hours -- KTUU.com

Left along the road — just a B-1 bomber; fuselage awaits relief escort on I-5 -- Redding

Wind farms 'disrupt military radar and inhibit weather tracking' -- Daily Mail

Washington Journal Profiles the U.S. Military -- C-Span

Darpa’s Plan to Trap the Next WikiLeaker: Decoy Documents -- Danger Room

Is This the WikiEnd? -- David Carr, New York Times